Definitions from Wiktionary (fillip)

▸ noun:  (archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
▸ noun:  A sharp strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Something that excites or stimulates.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick.
▸ verb:  (transitive, by extension) To project quickly; to snap.
▸ verb:  (transitive, by extension) To strike or tap smartly.
▸ verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To drive as if by a fillip (noun sense 1); to excite, stimulate, whet.
▸ verb:  (ambitransitive) To make a fillip (noun sense 1) (with the fingers).




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